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Keynote Paper: Asian Value of the Intangible Cultural Heritage-Spiritual Humanism for Human Prosperity
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Manage No DI00001204 Country Republic of Korea Author Tu Weiming (Professor Peking University) Published Year 2013 Language English Copyright 
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| Description | Director-General Samuel Lee, distinguished guests, and fellow participants of this important and significant UNESCO conference to reflect on the efforts to safeguard intangible cultural heritage and prospects for the future, it gives me pleasure and great honor to take part in this historical moment primarily as a student. I want to learn, to relearn, and also to unlearn, especially about intangible heritage that has suffered for more than a hundred and fifty years—a great deal has suffered to a point of cultural marginalization or even annihilation, especially in the motherland of the cultural heritage. Of course, I am referring to Confucian tradition—not just temples, academies, and tangible structures, but Confucian tradition as one of the most precious intangible cultural heritage elements of East Asia, which includes not just China, but also Korea, Japan, Vietnam, and East Asian diaspora around the world. | ||
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